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vetch

/vɛt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
vetch
IPA
/vɛt͡ʃ/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.

noun

Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-? Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Italic *wikiā Latin vicia Old Northern French vechebor. Middle English fecche English vetch From Middle English vecche, fecche, ficche, from Old Northern French veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia. Doublet of fitch.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

vetches (plural) fitch (alternative)

Derived Forms

crownvetch deervetch milkvetch poisonvetch sweetvetch vetchling vetchy

Phrases

American vetch bard vetch Bithynian vetch bitter vetch blister vetch black vetch bush vetch Carolina wood vetch

Synonyms

tare

Rhymes With

catch stretch sketch fetch wretch etch lech fletch ketch retch letch kvetch

Questions

How do you pronounce vetch?
The recorded pronunciation is /vɛt͡ʃ/.
What does vetch mean?
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
Where does vetch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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